Our Lord is like the
dentists. . . .
Dozens of people go to Him to be cured
of some one particular
sin which they are ashamed of. . . .
Well, He will cure it all right: but He
will not stop there.
That may be all you asked;
but if you once call Him in, He
will give you the full treatment. . . .
“Make no mistake,” He says, “if you let
Me, I will make you perfect. The moment you put yourself in My hands, that is
what you are in for. Nothing less, or other, than that. You have free will, and
if you choose, you can push Me away. But if you do not push Me away, understand
that I am going to see this job through.
Whatever suffering it may cost you in your earthly life, whatever inconceivable
purification it may cost you after death, whatever it costs Me,
I will never
rest, nor let you rest, until you are literally perfect—
until my Father can
say without reservation that He is well pleased with you, as He said he was
well pleased with Me. This I can do and will do. But I will not do anything
less.”
. . . You must realize from the outset that the goal
toward which He is
beginning to guide you
is absolute perfection; and
no power in the whole universe, except you yourself, can prevent Him
from taking you to that goal.
That is what you are in for.
And it is very
important to realize that.
(C. S. Lewis, The Joyful
Christian, 77-78; emphasis added.)
It's up to you. What do you say? Heh.
I say... Keep bringing it on.
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